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2 Samuel 24:2

2 Samuel 24:2
For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him,.... Or who was with him, even Joab, who was now…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

1Ch 21:2, supplies some missing words. This passage should run, as at 2Sa 24:4, “And the king said to Joab and to the…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

For the king said And the king said: yielding to the temptation to which he was subjected by permission of God through…